[HC] Ghost's Leveling/Race Guide (updated March 5th)

Table
1. Intro
2. Goals
3. Play Style
4. Skills
5. Gear
6. Passive Tree
7. Bandits
8. Flasks
9. Conclusion
10. Stream info

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Intro

Hello every my names is __Ghost__ i play Hardcore, because lets face it SC is for nabs ;)
this build is a work in progress its a combination of other builds I've seen guides I've read and kinda tailored to my own play styles I'll take feedback etc. its all welcome just please be constructive ex: "this sucks you suck -Urrigon" <- not helpful. So this is a ever changing thing, as I progress I update and fix.

DISCLAIMER: this build many ppl say is boring! its similar to necro, your gear doesn't matter all your DMG is from chaos so stack hp/res gear and make it to late game.

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Goals

-Survive to end game!
-Most builds in this game are viable end game TBH, But you have to get to the end game!
-This build will get you to endgame so you can play w.e endgame build you like!
(I'm going to switch at the end of Merc to LA build is op ATM)

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Play style

Normal Difficulty
-Early game to late Early, You wanna dump Poison arrow into the room and toss auto shot arrows til the room dies (easy)
-Mid game u will have crazy HP, so put down fire traps at your feet, stand in the fire and PA around you. The chaos dmg will melt the enemies.
-Boss/Rares, Kite around them in a circle so they stand in your bear trap/firetraps and PA. re apply PA/firetraps when the duration ends,

Cruel Difficulty
-When I Started cruel i had crap gear. only affixes were(lot of hp/res). Even so I had around 1600 hp and took blood magic(@lvl38)
-With BloodMagic now you can spam skills/traps more and start to use your auras you have been leveling
-Same stratagy still applies fill a room with poison and traps and try to avoid damage as much as possible.
-You can work in your alt skills if u want at around the midway point in act 2 poison arrow a room then use your main skills you plan on @ end game. if not continue to level them on you alt wep sets.

Merciless
-not there yet ;)

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Skills
Supports in "( )"

Poison Arrow- (Lesser multiple Projectile+Fork)
Bear Trapx2- (Added Cold Dmg, Added Fire Dmg)
Fire Trap
Frenzy

*on Alternate Weapon tab level the gems you plan to use for your endgame build ie, lightning arrow or iceshot.*



Auras

Grace
Wrath
Anger
(Link them with a reduced mana supp gem ideally)

Curses

Enfeeble (great for HC reduces enemy dmg done to you)
Vulnerability (with poison arrow on a +bow gem bow + this curse, the mobs die in 1 cast of PA dot, amazing thx for the suggestion -"FoMante")

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Gear

The best bow for this build, until you reach endgame is a bow with +bow skill affix. Preferably +2. This will make your DoT (chaos dmg) from PA destroy mobs your level very quickly.

Stack HP every piece and max out your RES (remember higher difficulty zones have -res)

Its important when you can to take straight evasion gear. all your evasion is converted to armor but with the build and your +% evasion nodes it is significantly more armor with pure evasion gear.

-thanks to "FoMante"

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Passive Tree

22 Point (early game)


42 Points


52 Point


64 Points


75 Points


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Bandits

It's important to pick the bandit skills that will serve you better late game. normal oaks 40+ hp is standard for HC toons the others vary.

Normal: Help Oak (40+ health)

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Flasks
at level 53 you get the max HP flasks so you can invest your 's and get a 20% qual and try to roll a nice flask :)

i usally try to have 1 large HP recovery flask and 1 instant.

my other 3 flasks (im not max chaos res so i took the chaos flask, granite is a must huge armor boost, and quicksilver is great for escapes or fast clears.)



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Stream
http://www.twitch.tv/sneakz89

-I'm a cop I work 40-50 hours a week only time I stream reg. are Wednesday/Thursday nights 6pm-6am (est)

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Conclusion

Again this is not an endgame build this is to get you to your endgame as easy and with as little risk to your life as possible :)

So many builds are focused on endgame, yea once your lvl 70 those build work well but before You get to that point there not so hot and leave you at risk.

I welcome any feedback and will answer any questions on here or in game

,Happy Hunting
-__Ghost__

Your mom sucks.

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Dhristian wrote:

Your mom sucks.

thx not very constructive rofl


also ill keep editing as i go ;)

getting some good PM's dont be afraid to ask questions :P ill add more tomorrow happy hunting

/cry last self bump of failurez

Did you take the HP reward on the bandit quest?

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Nocthelm wrote:

Did you take the HP reward on the bandit quest?

yea in normal (I'll add bandit section)

added flask section and playstyle sections

thanks for posting this. Trying this now.

big update: flask/aura sections
added stream link

stil alot of pm's not a problem ill answer any question but you could post them here to bump my thread